John Arthur Edward Traill (1882-1958) was the first Irish-Argentine 10-goal polo

Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...

 player.

Biography

He was born in 1882. He married Henrietta Margaret of Scotland and they had the following children: John B. Traill and James R. Traill.

He owned a ranch in Argentina and used to import polo ponies to the Roehampton Club

Roehampton Club

The Roehampton Club is an exclusive private members’ sports club in Roehampton in southwest London, England.Roehampton Club is set in of parkland, close to Richmond Park...

 and train them in Richmond Park

Richmond Park

Richmond Park is a 2,360 acre park within London. It is the largest of the Royal Parks in London and Britain's second largest urban walled park after Sutton Park, Birmingham. It is close to Richmond, Ham, Kingston upon Thames, Wimbledon, Roehampton and East Sheen...

. He was also a polo

Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...

 coach at Ham Polo Club

Ham Polo Club

Ham Polo Club is a Hurlingham Polo Association Polo Club situated in Richmond, South West London. It is one of the oldest polo clubs in the United Kingdom and the last surviving club in London. The club occupies a location between Richmond Park and the River Thames overlooked by Ham House, eight...

 when it was revived by Billy Walsh

William (Billy) Francis Walsh

William Francis Walsh was known to all as Billy. He was a 5 goal polo player and soldier in the Cavalry. Billy is regarded as one of the three key figures in the post war revival of the sport of polo in the United Kingdom...

. His name appears amongst the winners of the Roehampton Trophy

Roehampton Trophy

The Roehampton trophy is the oldest polo trophy in the United Kingdom. The trophy was first played for at the Roehampton Club in 1902 and was won by Buccaneers...

 several times along side team mates such as Marquis de Villavieja, Jack Nelson

Juan Nelson

Juan "Jack" Diego Nelson y Duggan was an Argentine polo player. He competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and was part of the Argentine polo team which won the gold medal.-External links:**...

 and Major Philip Magor.

Traill won the Argentine Open 10 times during his career. He died in 1958.